Category Archives: Literature
Do yourself a favour and grab these books…
I have been on a mission to making a return to reading one book a week like I used to do before the internet started interfering so much in my life. In fact there was a time when I could get through a couple of books and as I only had three kids at that [...]
Save Ballyhackamore Library and a pox on Libraries NI!
Save Ballyhackamore library!!!
I am furious about the decision by Libraries NI to consider closing Ballyhackamore Library. This board has three year plan to take away from the community vital centres which provide much needed, and much utilised, services to young and old alike. They say this library – along with eight others – are not [...]
Miep Gies: death of the brave woman who saved the diary of Anne Frank
Miep Gies has died at the age of 100. This brave woman was one of the small group of people who sheltered and assisted the family of Anne Frank during their time of hiding in the annexe of an office-building in Amsterdam during the second world war.
Miep was the sole survivor of the group of [...]
And what readers had to say about things…